1. Structure, function and immune defense of the Respiratory System;
2. Reasoned approach to the patient with dyspnoea, cough, hemoftoe, chest pain;
3. Main diagnostic techniques used in the diagnosis of the Respiratory Diseases: from the chest imaging to the lung function tests, fibrobronoscopy and its applications, cardio-respiratory monitoring tests;
4. Pulmonary obstructive diseases: bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis, pulmonary emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchiectasis;
5. Polmomonary restrictive diseases: Idiopatic and secondary Interstitial lung diseases;
6. Pulmonary infections in the immunocompetent and immunocompromised patient. Tuberculosis;
7. Primitive and metastatic cancer of the chest;
8. Pulmonary vascular pathology: pulmonary embolism and pulmonary hypertension;
9. Respiratory failure, Long term Oxygen therapy and non-invasive mechanical ventilation;
10. Pleural effusion and differential diagnosis;
11. Respiratory sleep disorders.
